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The Ninth Princess continued: "Since we came to Yongzhou, officials at all levels in Yongzhou have been playing with you, and even Jinglue of South Jinghu Road came once, but I blocked them all. Now more than a month has passed, basically Those who were in office are gone."

Having said that, the eldest princess frowned slightly.

"However, there is a local squire who still sends people to the door every day, begging to call you."

Hearing this, Li Xin frowned: "The Xiao family?"

The eldest princess nodded, and sighed: "Xiao Mingli, the head of the Xiao family, has gone a few years ago, and now Xiao Xiuqi is the head of the Xiao family, and this head of the Xiao family has come to the house to beg for an audience several times. , I came here yesterday, but I refused."

Xiao Mingli is Li Xin's grandfather, and Xiao Xiuqi, the new head of the Xiao family, is Li Xin's uncle.

Because of the conflict between his mother and the Xiao family in the early years, he made a fuss about the Xiao family ten years ago and forced their family to change their surname. Now ten years have passed, Xiao Mingli, who forced his mother to leave, has passed away, but the Xiao family is still the same as before. It's so trendy.

Li Xin frowned, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't worry about them, beg for whatever you like, I'm too lazy to see their family."

Princess Jiu nodded, took Li Xin's hand, and asked softly, "How long will you stay in Yongzhou?"

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "If there is no accident, our family will stay in Yongzhou for a long time, and this place is also very good, we can enjoy the peace and tranquility here."

The Ninth Princess gave Li Xin a fair look.

"You, you are always unwilling to tell me the truth. How long can you stay in your hometown even if you go back to your hometown?"

Lord Jing'an smiled noncommittally.

"Madam, if the court doesn't come to invite me this time, I won't go back."

Ninth Princess snorted softly and walked away.

When Li Xin and his wife were flirting in Yongzhou, dozens of memorials from the southwest had already been delivered to the capital through the post station.

These memorials will be sent to Shangshutai first, and then to the emperor.

Soon, the imperial court will cause another storm because of these memorials.

Chapter 887

In the southwestern prefectures, a total of 31 memorials were sent to Shangshutai, that is to say, all the 31 southwest prefectures were sent to the imperial court.

The content in the memorandum is almost unanimous. They all say that the Southwest is suffering from a drought. This autumn, I am afraid that there will be no harvest. In addition, the Pingnan Marquis Mansion caused chaos in the Southwest a few years ago. taxation.

This is very unreasonable. According to the rules, where there is a disaster, at most the tax of the year will be reduced or exempted. Ask the court to reduce or exempt taxes for three years at once.

The 31 memorandums, piled high, were placed in front of Shen Kuan, the left minister of the Shangshutai. This usually personable left minister was about to explode at this time. Tapped the table!

"What audacity!"

His face turned red, and he said angrily: "Even if the entire Southwest suffers from drought, 31 state capitals will not send memorials to the imperial court at the same time. These people not only agree with each other, but even the rhetoric in the memorials is the same. !"

"What are they trying to do? This is rebellion!"

Shen Kuan is the chief official of Shangshutai. When he patted the table, the whole Shangshutai was silent. After a while, Xu Gu, the new Zhongshu who succeeded Gongyangshu, stood up and bowed to Shen Kuan. : "Mr. Shen, it is an indisputable fact that officials in Southwest China have colluded with each other. The most urgent task now is to figure out what they are going to do and how to deal with it."

Having said that, he paused.

"Also, do you want to inform His Majesty?"

Xu Gu was originally the Minister of Zhongshu and the deputy of the old sheep. After Gongyang Shu was forced to retire, he took over the position of Zhongshu Ling and entered the Shangshutai to worship the prime minister.

Although he is a new prime minister, his qualifications are not low, and he is a few years older than Shen Kuan, so he dared to speak out.

"Naturally, His Majesty must be informed."

Shen Kuan sneered: "That Li Taifu has just left Beijing for more than two months, and such a big incident happened in the Southwest. It is self-evident who is behind it. I have said to Your Majesty more than once that Li Chang'an is separated. Southwest, with evil intentions, His Majesty pretended not to hear it because of old love, today this Marquis of Jingan finally revealed his true colors, of course we must tell His Majesty, and punish him for his crimes!"

As he said that, he turned around and told a clerk in Shangshutai: "Go to Yushitai immediately, and invite the imperial historian Yan Sikong to come to Shangshutai to discuss matters, and then go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and invite the Metropolitan Governor to come to Shangshutai to discuss matters."

The scribe nodded, immediately greeted a companion, and went to invite the other two assistant ministers.

Several yamen are in the imperial city, so it didn't take long before the two prime ministers were invited to the Shangshutai. Shen Kuan walked out of the Shangshutai with a pile of memorials from the southwest, looked at the two ministers, and sneered. One voice: "You two, follow me to Weiyang Palace to file a complaint!"

Chief Governor Ji Lin, after what happened last time, became a lot more cautious, especially with Shangshutai. He looked at the memorial book in Shen Kuan's hand, frowned, and didn't speak.

Yan Shouzhuo smiled, and said, "What is it that made Prime Minister Shen so angry, who is Prime Minister Shen going to sue?"

"Of course it's the Marquis of Jing'an, Li Chang'an!"

Shen Kuan held a pile of memorials, and sneered as he walked: "You are all veterans. You should know what kind of character Li Changan has been in Beijing for ten years. You should know that this fellow has always been arrogant and domineering based on his achievements in the past. If you don't want to suffer, how can you be willing to leave the capital and go back to your hometown in desperation?"

"He has left the capital, and all the states in the southwest have signed a letter, asking the court to exempt the imperial court for three years!"

Shen Xiang snorted.

"Since the ninth year of Taikang in the Southwest, the court has been very difficult to restrain. This time they don't even want to pay taxes. Even when the rebellious Marquis Pingnan was in the Southwest, the annual taxes were quite a bit!"

He glanced back at the governor Ji Lin, and bowed slightly: "Governor, I am afraid that the imperial court will take back the southwest immediately. The governor's mansion can mobilize troops from all over the world. You are the governor of the governor's mansion. You have to ask questions. You must Come with us to meet His Majesty!"

Ji Lin's face trembled, and he said in a muffled voice: "Chen Xiang, if the court or His Majesty have any orders, just send someone to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is inconvenient to participate in political affairs."

The last time the Forbidden Army Right Battalion dispatched troops, he was requested by Shen Kuan and issued a recommendation from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. As a result, Li Xin made a big fuss, and Shang Shutai dumped the blame on the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, which made him this The governor who has just been a few years old is not a human being inside and outside, and he is almost going to go home to take care of himself.

This incident still made him feel a little scared, and he was determined not to deal with these big-headed scholars. As Li Xin said, he is a military officer, and it is really inappropriate to mix with civil servants.

After all, Ji Lin was about to turn around and leave.

Ji Lin took a look at the great governor who came from the clan, and sighed helplessly.

"Great governor, you are also a minister, if you retreat three points in case of trouble, how can you be worthy of the trust of the late emperor?"

The governor snorted.

"The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion dispatches troops. If the court decides to go to war, the governor will naturally go to Weiyang Palace to discuss matters and discuss how to fight."

"As for whether to fight or not, it's none of my business."

After all, the governor walked away without looking back.

Shen Kuan glanced at Ji Lin with some resentment, and said angrily, "Fortunately, he is still the imperial family of the Great Jin Dynasty, a minister appointed by the late Emperor, so it is so useless."

He turned his head to Yan Shouzhuo, the doctor of the censor, and asked, "Sikong Yan is in charge of the censor platform, and is responsible for supervising all the officials. Don't you want to shrink back when things happen?"

Yan Shouzhuo didn't want to participate in this matter at first, and waited until the emperor's attitude became clear. After being so provoked by Shen Kuan, he could only bite the bullet and say: "I will go to Weiyang Palace with Shen Kuan."

"it is good!"

Shen Kuan divided the Southwest Zoushu in his hands over a dozen to Yan Shouzhuo, and the two old men carried a dozen of Zoushu each, and headed towards Weiyang Palace angrily.

Now that Shen Kuan is in charge of political affairs, he wants to see the emperor who has not yet been in charge. Naturally, it is a casual thing. Emperor Yuan Zhao was listening to the lecturer, but when he heard that Shen Kuan was coming, he didn't even listen to the class and just changed his clothes. , Received two assistant ministers in the study.